Five main causes for the Bhopal gas tragedy?

Let me start with a reference to one of the worst industrial disasters on recorded world history, it happened in India at midnight of 3rd December, 1984, at Bhopal.  In simple words a faulty tank containing a poisonous gas leaked from a factory and killed many. Official records of government say 3, 787 confirmed instant death. It can't be trusted, related reports say more than 10000 died with in 72 hours. The toll did not stop there, now it has been said it has taken 25,000 more with gas related diseases. The industrial gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the pesticide plant of Union Carbide exposed more than 500,000 people of that urban area.  Now the people are still struggling as toxic chemicals abandoned at the Union Carbide plant continue to pollute the ground water. It...[Readmore]

Bhopal gas tragedy: Remembering what was left behind

Just like we go to Hiroshima, Chernobyl and Ground Zero in New York to remember and pray for victims," said Babulal Gaur in 2009, "so many people from around the world want to visit the Bhopal Union Carbide factory to learn about the disaster." Gaur was then minister of relief and rehabilitation for victims of the gas leak of December 3, 1984, and he was justifying a decision to open the factory site to tourists in the disaster's 25th anniversary year. The announcement triggered an uproar and the government did a quick U-turn. Rama Lakshmi, a museologist and reporter for a United States newspaper, recounts the protesters' argument, "There are pending issues. First address the issue of toxic materials, underground water pollution -- address these issues and then think about...[Readmore]